sadness to hear that

Hey all

I don't plan on updating SGO (that includes addons and dark mode) for the latest patch or future ones. I simply don't play the game anymore and the new update doesn't interest me.

dark water misbehaves when encountering a paper map that isn't the victorian one

Hey I'm not sure what you mean, is there a problem with the mod? I just tested it on the public beta just to make sure and it seems to work fine.

bro we really need you

Still using this mod bro keep it up

Thanks <3

Thanks for the feedback. I'll look into making a separate addon that disables the fog.

The paper map is very good but there is a lot of fog on the zoomed map. An addon that disables fog completely would be great. By the way, thank you for making this mod.

Interesting idea! I'll investigate.

you can try and adapt it to the theme selector btw

Thanks

I've pushed forward an update for version 1.4 of Victoria 3. I have removed some files for this update, including all shader files as maintaining them was a bit too cumbersome. The visuals should remain mostly the same as before though.

I recommend unsubscribing and resubscribing as I'm not sure if Steam will properly update the mod.

Hey Rando. I'll see about updating the mod for the latest update.

With the new 1.4 update the map is invisible and messes up the game

it creates a weird "dirty" looking map , with white dust

thank you so much for the quick feedback!!!

Hey Giorgos! If you want the DLC flatmap overlay texture back you can simply delete the "flatmap_overlay.dds" (located at "\gfx\map\textures") that ships with this mod.

In the Victoria 3 launcher, go to Playsets, underneath your "Simple Graphics Overhaul (SGO) Dark Mode" mod enable/disable switch, click the 3 dots and click on "show in folder", this will open a new window where the mod is stored locally on your PC. Then just navigate to where the texture is and delete it. That should make the game use a texture it can find elsewhere (such as from a DLC).

I hope this is helpful!

i know i was the one that asked for a no mountain\tree illustration on the map but i since regret it, is it possible we can get a tree version (like the normal sgo one) for the dark themed too?

Thank you for the advice (especially regarding the color/working space and the format)!

I have been putting in a few hours into Gimp, mainly for practice and for testing the lossless DDS conversion, so shipping the mod with lossless flatmap textures is definitely on my radar.

Somewhat related (concerning DDS compression); I mentioned in my notes about the new textures that BC7 compression caused issues for me, however I haven't been able to replicate that issue since then and I have begun saving most of the DDS files (including the flatmap, but that will likely change) that I modify and ship with the mod using that compression method.

Thank you once again. Regarding your DDS troubles: Try saving your finished but uncompressed files as PNG images then loading those into Gimp where you can save them as DDS files with 'Compression: None' and 'Format: RGB8' (no transparency) or 'Format: RGBA8' (transparency) which will be lossless (uncompressed). Don't forget to generate mipmaps for files that originally had them.

Oh, and if Gimp asks to convert color/working space then that means what you've tried to load wasn't saved as a standard RGB image which for textures means that something has gone horribly wrong somewhere.

I've heard that Paint​.​NET can save DDS files as well but I remember it not being able to do what I wanted last time I tried it.

I have uploaded a mod that removes the godray effect: https://steamhost.cn/steamcommunity_com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=2997716854

If there are more environmental effects that you want to me modify let me know!

Hey! I'll look into making a new mini mod that only removes the godrays, since I can't find one that only modifies those.

Thank you!

I want to remove No Clouds from my load order but I don't believe this mod gets rid of the god rays. Is there any chance you can also remove the god rays in this mod?

Also, this was the only mod I could find that fixes the paper map being bright enough to hurt my eyes, thank you for making this.

i can't use imgur in my country so i sent a friend request. to text it, anyways it is as if it is cloudy with very few light

Could you link to a screenshot when zoomed in on the map? With the mod enabled it should look something like this: https://i.imgur.com/jqCrdR7.jpg

If there are issues when the DLCs are installed then I can't really offer support since I don't own them and I don't plan on buying them.

also it makes the game very dark when zoomed in for some reason

does it work with the dlc now?

Updated for 1.3.1 (the hotfix).

hey waiting for the patch ^^

Hey! I've updated the mod and it should now work with 1.3. However I haven't tested this mod together with the new DLCs.

The papermap addon is not working as intended at the moment, I'm working on a fix for those.

I really enjoyed this mod, but it seems to be broken with the new update. I hope you update it, but good luck with your endeavors if you're too busy! Thanks for saving my eyes some strain at least for a while

cool thanks bro

I'd love to answer your question about map modding Fourtyounces but it's a somewhat complicated process that would be hard to explain in detail.

Check out the Victoria 3 Wiki modding page at https://vic3.paradoxwikis.com/Modding and also check this Youtube video on how to create the mod folder itself: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XZwNPFR83xM

I hope that will at least get you started!

How do you make map mods their are no guide I can find I really want to make my own for ck3 but I dont know how.

Sure I can look into it. Though I will have to wait until 1.3 releases.

ahh they are going to change the map with 1.3 . they will add also mountain illustrations like ck3, can you please make a version of this mod but without the illustrations when it comes out?

Sure, go ahead! Thanks for using my mod <3

Would you mind if I took some screenshots of my mod using this one and included them on my Workshop page? I would link this mod as the graphics mod used in the description

Hey! I assume that you want the water to look similar to the picture here: https://hoi4.paradoxwikis.com/images/4/44/Default_map_nogui.png

It's definitely possible, especially for the non-papermap addons (just have to edit the water.settings text file in the water folder), for the papermap it'd be a bit trickier since it's colors are only determined by textures.

Have you checked out the non-papermap addon for this mod? It's oceans are a bit brighter (somewhat darker than the HOI 4 oceans though) than this one with the papermap. Here's its mod page: https://steamhost.cn/steamcommunity_com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=2968799723

If the non-papermap version is still too dark I'll look into creating two HOI 4 map style addons for SGO (one for dark mode and one for the regular one).

Can you please make a less dark version like dark blue ocean color like hoi4 ocean colors?

Sure, good luck!

i am a newbie modder myself but for hoi4 and not graphical mods so i might give it a try myself if you allow. thanks for replying anyway ^^

Crusader Kings 3 runs on a similar engine to Victoria 3 I believe and its map is set up in a similar way too. I think the look of this mod could be replicated in CK3, but I haven't investigated it.

I don't play CK3 at the moment though so I don't have plans to 'port' SGO to it. If you know a CK3 map modder you could try asking them to make a new mod that looks similar.

this may be asking too much but is a similar themed map possible for ck3?

At the moment I don't have plans to make a separate mod with just the dark water. But try checking out "A Blue Marble" at https://steamhost.cn/steamcommunity_com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=2909470243&searchtext=blue+marble

Thank you Giorgos!

Would you ever make a separate version with just the dark water? It creates the perfect atmosphere to play Vicky imo.

THANK YOU SO MUCHHHH, this is the best map mods for vic3 now

I have uploaded two new addons for SGO! Non-papermap addons for the regular and dark mode versions. Here's the link to the dark mode addon: https://steamhost.cn/steamcommunity_com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=2968799723

Thank you! Sure I can look into adding non-paper map addons.